Balls Bluff
Balls Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 394 m. Wadels Hill stands 428 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock, a peak 3.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 23 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 26.9 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 27.1 mi off the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive
Overlooks nearby
- BoyScout Bench · 23 mi
- Hass bench · 23 mi
- Bench · 23 mi
- South View · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Howard Huff Park: 4.5 mi
- Ben Bikin' Park: 4.5 mi
- Fishermans Park: 4.5 mi
- Evans-Bosshard Park: 4.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Red Rock: 3.2 mi
- Erdman Hill: 4.8 mi
- Link Hill: 4.9 mi
- Sugarbush Hill: 6.4 mi
- Quarry Hill: 6.8 mi
- School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center: 4.5 mi
- La Crosse River State Fishery Area: 6.6 mi
- Fish Creek: 7.7 mi
- Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area: 11.1 mi
- Coulee Experimental Forest: 13.2 mi
- Sparta Free Library: 4.9 mi
- Masonic Lodge: 4.9 mi
- War Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Tomah: 15.2 mi
- Nation's First Watershed Project: 18.1 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 3: 4.8 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 10.6 mi
- M60A3: 11.3 mi
- Bell AH-1: 11.3 mi
- Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 1: 17.3 mi
- Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum: 5.0 mi
- Bangor & Area Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center: 14.7 mi
- Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.: 14.8 mi
- Train Museum & Vistior Center: 16.4 mi
- Saint Juan Diego: 22.3 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 22.3 mi
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 22.4 mi
- Saint Juan Diego and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga: 22.5 mi
- Saint Joseph the Workman: 22.5 mi
- Bald Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Windrow Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Stony Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Stone Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Quarry: 22.2 mi
- Jersey Valley County Park Beach: 13.3 mi
- Airport Beach: 23.8 mi
- Black River Beach: 24.2 mi
- Sparta Rest Area 16: 6.1 mi
- Millston Rest Area 53: 24.2 mi
- Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Riverside International Friendship Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balls Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadels Hill | NW 325° | 428 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sugarbush Hill | E 82° | 427 m | 6.4 mi |
| Erdman Hill | E 83° | 416 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wanless Hill | NW 311° | 414 m | 13.2 mi |
| Krueger Hill | WNW 297° | 414 m | 15.0 mi |
| Waldness Hill | NW 308° | 413 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Eve | E 84° | 413 m | 20.6 mi |
| Heller Hill | NW 306° | 412 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:42 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353870006
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